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A writer of a book divided into decades; as, Livy was a decadist. [R.]

Pertaining to a decillion, or to the quotient of unity divided by a decillion.

Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite.

, which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles. The degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds.

the Turbellaria in which the digestive cavity gives off lateral branches, which are often divided into smaller branchlets.

below the line in vulgar fractions which shows into how many parts the integer or unit is divided.

rance, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the Department of the Loire.

Divided into two equal parts; reduced to half in shape or form.

Having the tail fin divided into two equal parts by the notochord, or end of the vertebral column; protocercal. See Protocercal.

Having the heart completely divided or double, one side systemic, the other pulmonary.

Divided; separated. [Obs.] Stow.

tinued or continual proportion; as, 3:6::12:24. -- Discrete quantity, that which must be divided into units, as number, and is opposed to continued quantity, as duration, or extension.

Cut into several parts; divided into sections; as, a dissected map.

Divided into twos or threes.

Capable of being divided; divisible.

n opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance. If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom can not stand. Mark iii. 24. Every family became now divided within itself. Prescott.

A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated among shareholders, and to assets as apportioned among creditors; as, the dividend of a bank, a railway corporation, or a bankrupt est…

Divided, shared, or participated in, in common with others. [R.] Milton.

Divided; dividual. [R.] He so often substantiates distinctions into dividuous, selfsubsistent. Coleridge.

Capable of being divided or separated. Extended substance . . . is divisible into parts. Sir W. Hamilton. Divisible contract (Law), a contract containing agreements one of which can be separated from the other. -- Divisible offense (Law), an offense containing a lesser offense in one of a greater grade, so that on the…